27 For awas not Israel a derision to you?
bWas he found among thieves?
For whenever you speak of him,
You shake your head in cscorn.
bWas he found among thieves?
For whenever you speak of him,
You shake your head in cscorn.
28 You who dwell in Moab,
Leave the cities and adwell in the rock,
And be like bthe dove which makes her nest
In the sides of the cave’s mouth.
Leave the cities and adwell in the rock,
And be like bthe dove which makes her nest
In the sides of the cave’s mouth.
29 “We have heard the apride of Moab
(He is exceedingly proud),
Of his loftiness and arrogance and bpride,
And of the haughtiness of his heart.”
(He is exceedingly proud),
Of his loftiness and arrogance and bpride,
And of the haughtiness of his heart.”
31 Therefore aI will wail for Moab,
And I will cry out for all Moab;
1I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
And I will cry out for all Moab;
1I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
32 aO vine of Sibmah! I will weep for you with the weeping of bJazer.
Your plants have gone over the sea,
They reach to the sea of Jazer.
The plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit and your vintage.
Your plants have gone over the sea,
They reach to the sea of Jazer.
The plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit and your vintage.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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